Background characteristics | All participants (n = 710) | Low exposurea(n = 234) | High exposureb(n = 476) | p value |
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n(%) or mean (SD) | n(%) or mean (SD) | n(%) or mean (SD) | ||
Age (mean (SD)) | 31.0 (8.1) | 31.3 (8.4) | 30.9 (7.9) | 0.416 |
Marital status | ||||
Ever married | 310 (43.7) | 110 (35.5) | 200 (64.5) | 0.226 |
Never married | 400 (56.3) | 124 (31.0) | 276 (69.0) | |
Residence | ||||
Urban | 581 (81.8) | 222 (38.2) | 359 (61.8) | <0.001 |
Rural | 129 (18.2) | 12 (9.3) | 117 (90.0) | |
Education | ||||
No formal education | 140 (19.7) | 42 (30.0) | 98 (70.0) | 0.392 |
Had formal education | 570 (80.3) | 192 (33.8) | 378 (66.2) | |
Occupation | ||||
Laborer | 316 (44.5) | 98 (31.0) | 218 (69.0) | 0.156 |
Regular employeec | 165 (23.2) | 510 (30.3) | 115 (69.7) | |
Student | 105 (14.8) | 44 (41.9) | 61 (58.1) | |
Unemployed | 124 (17.5) | 42 (33.9) | 82 (66.1) | |
Program site | ||||
Site 1 | 490 (69.0) | 213 (43.5) | 277 (56.5) | <0.001 |
Site 2 | 220 (31.0) | 21 (9.6) | 199 (90.0) | |
Frequency of injecting drugsd | ||||
Low | 350 (49.3) | 71 (20.3) | 279 (79.7) | <0.001 |
High | 360 (50.7) | 163 (45.3) | 197 (54.7) | |
Number of needles/syringes receivede (mean (SD)) | 21.3 (17.4) | 34.3 (20.1) | 14.9 (11.5) | <0.001 |